Do Your Ears Hang Low?

I love the new advertisement for ?? is it WalMart?  It may not be the most successful ad, since I cannot remember what it is for, but I love it anyway.
We are all raised with an idea of what beauty is.  My mother tends to use the word pretty for all kinds of things.  “Doesn’t [...]

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Listen up, AOL!!!

I am on AOL dial-up.  The price is right, at $10.00 a month, and it really does not matter.  I am one of those rural people who is waiting to catch up to the 21st century.  Our phone lines, literally, become party lines when it rains.  There is no high speed.
You can be on the [...]

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Incredibly Biased Film Review – Julie – Julia

I do not remember watching Julia Child.  I think I presumed I would not like her, and that she was rather ’stuck-up.’   Never presume!

The Julia Child, played by Meryl Streep, that I saw on the screen is the most delightful woman who finds joy in everything.  For this Julia, eating fish is an orgasmic experience.  [...]

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My plan to travel light

I love to travel, well actually I just love to be “there,”  wherever there is.  I am not a fan of the ‘getting there’ part.  I used to travel, marketing my artwork, cross country by car: sleeping in the van, shampooing in rest stops.  Now, I am opting for some type of teleporting transportation.  Come on, [...]

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Sleep! Walking the Line! Harry Potter, and EMT’s Vision Quest!

I have now slept for two days, mostly round the clock.  I do not do well on sleep deprivation and had to catch up.  I keep hearing “I walk the Line” playing over and over in my head. 
Oh, that is JCountryRock and his guitar.  Whew!! I was beginning to think I was worse than I [...]

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Harry Potter in a tent in Chicago

 
When we visited the Museum that was—   What happened to the “Wow” factor??? « Savanvleck’s Weblog  about the Musuem of Science and Industry and, okay, so maybe you just cannot go back.  But, we were surprised to see the Harry Potter tent.  Do not totally misunderstand me; there are some very great things to see at [...]

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Trains and sleeping chicks

I grew up in northern Indiana and went to college and worked in Chicago for many years.  I have taken buses and trains to get where I was going since 1974.  I remember early South Shore train seats that were woven wicker and the windows opened because there was no air-conditioning.  Yes, grasshopper, I am [...]

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What happened to the “Wow” factor???

Things are big to children. My daughters speak of the “big white house” we lived in when they were little. If I took them by that same house today, they would see a three bedroom prefab slightly larger than a double wide trailer.
I lived in a semi-rural area when I was growing up. Our school [...]

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The answer is: “I am A Rock – by Simon and Garfunkle”

I am used to any number of hits, on any given day, for Viggo Mortensen and his girlfriend.  Half of the world is hoping that there is no girlfriend.  The other half is wishing they were his girlfriend.  He is a popular guy, and I refuse to say which camp I belong in. 
The other big searches, [...]

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Thoughts for the day and Crazy Aunt Purl

Crazy Aunt Purl has a great pattern for knitting arm warmers.   CrazyAuntPurl: My hands are officially warmed.  Hers are such great colors too.  I think I will make a pair.  Right after I finish my Harry Potter scarf and the socks that I started early in 2008.  I have also bought four skeins of 100% wool, northern [...]

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